Gods arrow against atheists. By Henry SmithGods arrovve against atheists. By Henrie Smith

(which is signified by Adams hiding himself from the presence of God after his fall.) And therefore Augustine saith well & truly, Hominem libero arbitrio male usum, ¹& se & illud per didisse, That man having ill used his free will that he had, hath now both lost himself and that. And again, Liberum arbitrium captivatum ne quid possit ad justitiam, that free wl• is taken captive, that it can do nothing towards righteousness. And again▪ Hominis non libera, sed a Deo liberata volunt as obsequitur. Not the free will, but the freed will of man, (which is set free by God) doth obey & yield obeisance: & again, Liberum non fore quod Des•ratia non liberaverit, that the will is bound & not free, till God deliver it and set it at liberty. Cyprian (which S. August. so oft citeth) saith, De nullo gloriandū, &c, many ⟨image 46⟩must glory of nothing, ²because nothing is curs, therefore every man annihilating his own power, must learn wholly to depend upon God. And Chrysostom saith, that Omnis homo non modo naturaliter peccator sed totus peccatum est. Every man is not only sinful naturally, but is altogether sin. And therefore S. Paul showeth, that till a man be regenerate or born anew, & until he be renewed in the spirit of his mind, he hath in him nothing else but concupiscentias erroris, lusts and affections after error, Eph. 4.23.24. saying likewise, that by nature we are the sons of wrath, Ephe. 2.•. Which also Christ himself testifieth to Nicodemus ▪ saying: that that which is borne of the flesh is flesh, and that which is borne of the spirit is spirit, and that except a man be born anew by that spirit, he can never so much as see the kingdom of God, John. 3.3. &c. And therefore S. Paul telleth, that there must be a new creature, whosoever will be in Christ Jesus, and a renewing and Metamorphosis of the mind (he useth the very word) before men can find out the good and acceptable will of God, and what pleaseth him.